A Little Bit Horror, Volume 4: A collection of four short stories

By Juliet Boyd

A collection of four stories in the quiet horror genre.

Within the shadows
When something starts clawing at your back and your shadow disappears with the midday sun, you never know where you might find yourself.

Sculpted
The mysterious sculptress, Ms Carlutti, needs a new subject, but Joel has no idea what's in store when she picks him as her model.

The testing pit
John needs to find out how long the zombies can survive without chomping on another brain before he locks himself away. This is going to be a long haul.

That voice again
When the voices in your head incite you to violence, it could be difficult to work out who, or what, is to blame.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Juliet Boyd
• Release date: Jan 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301535576

Juliet Boyd

Juliet lives in Somerset in the south-west of England. She used to work in administration, but now writes full-time. Her main writing interests are fantasy, science fiction, weird fiction, horror and flash fiction. Details of her work are available on her website.

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A LITTLE BIT HORROR, VOLUME 4

A collection of four short stories

by Juliet Boyd

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CONTENTS

WITHIN THE SHADOWS

SCULPTED

THE TESTING PIT

THAT VOICE AGAIN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WITHIN THE SHADOWS

Can you feel that itch on your back?

The one you want to scratch so badly as you sit beneath the burning sun? The one that, no matter how much you do scratch, is never satisfied?

It feels like the tiny teeth of an unseen creature nibbling at your skin. Constant. Rhythmic. Annoying.

And you do scratch.

You scratch hard and long. So hard and long that you notice blood on the tips of your fingers and pooling under your nails. It somehow seems too much blood for just a scratch, but, all the same, you quickly wipe it away on a tissue, or your